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In other words, if a JPEG or TIFF file has Camera Raw settings already applied to it, Bridge will assume you want to re-open it in Camera Raw for further editing. What this means is that a JPEG or TIFF file will only open in Camera Raw (when we double-click on it in Bridge) if we had previously opened and made changes to it in Camera Raw. The JPEG and TIFF Handling options in the Camera Raw Preferences.īy default, the JPEG option is set to Automatically open JPEGs with settings, and the TIFF option is set to the similar Automatically open TIFFs with settings. The image on the left is a raw file, the one in the middle is a JPEG, and on the right, we have a TIFF image: Here, I have Adobe Bridge (CS6 in this case) open on my screen and I've navigated to a folder on my desktop containing three images.
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The best way to open any type of image in Camera Raw (or in Photoshop) is with Adobe Bridge, so that's what I'll be using in this tutorial.
OPEN IN CAMERA RAW HOW TO
Let's start by learning how to open raw files in Camera Raw. For that, we'll need to take a look at Camera Raw's Preferences to make sure things are set up the way that best fits your style of working.ĭownload this tutorial as a print-ready PDF! In this tutorial, we'll learn how to open all three file types in Camera Raw.Īs we'll see, opening raw files in Camera Raw is simple and straightforward (as it should be), yet while that's mostly true for opening JPEG and TIFF files, things can get a little confusing if you're used to opening images simply by double-clicking on them. Over time, Adobe added the ability for Camera Raw to edit JPEG and TIFF images as well. As we've learned so far in previous tutorials, Adobe Camera Raw is a plug-in for Photoshop that was initially designed for processing and editing photos captured in your camera's raw file format.